[jboss-rpm] Using RPM packaged JBoss AS in different location by different user

[Itamar Heim]

On 04/13/2012 07:35 PM, Marek Goldmann wrote:
>
>
> On 04/13/2012 06:16 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>> On 04/13/2012 06:51 PM, Marek Goldmann wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> With the upcoming jboss-as-7.1.0-3 the usage outside of
>>> /usr/share/jboss-as directory and by different user to jboss-as was
>>> simplified. Below you can find steps how you'll be able to use it.
>>>
>>> Let's go with an example. I'm assuming you have a user called "tom".
>>>
>>> 1. Create required directory structure
>>>
>>> # Let's go to his home directory
>>> cd /home/tom
>>> # Create the root directory where we want to store
>>> # JBoss AS configuration and temporary data
>>> mkdir jboss-as
>>> cd jboss-as
>>> # Create required direcotries
>>> mkdir data deployments log tmp configuration
>>>
>>> 2. Copy required configuration files (feel free to use your own!)
>>>
>>> # Let's copy the logging.properties
>>> cp /usr/share/jboss-as/standalone/configuration/logging.properties
>>> configuration/
>>> # Let's copy the mgmt-users.properties
>>> cp /usr/share/jboss-as/standalone/configuration/mgmt-users.properties
>>> configuration/
>>> # Copy standalone.xml
>>> cp /usr/share/jboss-as/standalone/configuration/standalone-web.xml
>>> configuration/
>>
>> are these considered .conf files under /etc?
>> if not, what happens on yum update of jboss, which will not update these
>> files?
>
> In general above example is for users not interested in storing anything
> in /etc.
>
> But yes, in your case all above files are stored (for example) in
> /etc/ovirt-engine/jboss-as/ dir and it's symlinked to the configuration/
> dir in $JBOSS_BASE_DIR.
>
> Does it make sense?

my question was actually if the original files are being updated via yum 
update, since now we'd be using copies.